They came armed with $10 commemorative coins. They came armed with $40 souvenir drumsticks. And they came armed, too, with a new lead singer. Have you always wanted to hear the ''Feel Like Making Love'' guy try to sing the greatest hits of Queen? Actually, don't bother answering. It's happening, regardless.

Members of the British rock band Queen thought they'd never tour again after Freddie Mercury, their flamboyant lead singer, died of an AIDS-related illness in November 1991. But Queen's fortunes did not die with Mercury after all.

Nobody comes to Las Vegas to have a bad time. It's useful to keep this truism in mind as you observe the hearty arm-waving, the enthusiastic twirling of toy light wands and the standing ovation that greet the climax of ''We Will Rock You,'' the dopey new musical showcasing the back catalog of the rock group Queen, which is making its North American debut on the Strip here.

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The guitarist and songwriter Brian May, below, completed his doctorate in astrophysics three decades after he put academia aside to form the rock group Queen, The Associated Press reported. He was awarded his qualification Thursday by London's...

October 5, 2004, Tuesday

The producers of ''We Will Rock You,'' the West End musical built around the songs of the band Queen, have announced that they will bypass Broadway in favor of opening in Las Vegas, which until recently was not exactly known as a legitimate theater...

June 21, 2004, Monday

Phil Collins, Little Richard, Van Morrison and Queen were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday night at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square in a ceremony sprinkled with music and television stars. ''I'm English, I'm short, I'm...

Wembley Stadium thundered with heavy metal and the cheers of 72,000 rock fans at a charity concert tonight "to celebrate the life and work and dreams" of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the group Queen, who died of AIDS on Nov. 24. Nearly a...